War Looms in Gaza

Hamas and its partners in Tehran are setting the stage for the next conflict.

By

Daniel Nisman

Jan. 23, 2014 3:24 p.m. ET

Recent history seems to be repeating itself in the Gaza Strip. The clocks have been wound back to the weeks prior to the destructive eight-day conflict fought between Israel and Hamas in November 2012, which threatened to further destabilize an already tumultuous region. Now, just as momentum is building toward peaceful resolutions on the region's most intractable crises, Palestinian extremists are preparing to return Gaza to the limelight of conflict.

The proof is in the numbers. Just three weeks into 2014, Palestinian...